Yeah, they fear the soldiers. Because they know, most of the rank and file soldiers/airmen/Marines/Coasties will not fire on American citizens, and some might, just might, turn their guns on a tyrant.
That, my friends, is the true reason Clinton wanted the soldiers disarmed.
And by the way, the elite fear armed citizens, too.
I remember when (Clinton’s) Air Force one flew into the base I was at. There was an order issued that NO ONE was to be outside or even visible at a window to watch the plane come in or take off.
Thinking about it I seem to recall that we were to stay inside until his motorcade actually left the base’s territory. Or it could have been one of the others, I remember when G.W. and Obama both came in during their presidencies and the orders were pretty much the same.
I always thought it showed how they truly felt about the men and women that were in the armed forces by those actions.